Covid-19: Only 1.6% of those screened confirmed to be positive


PETALING JAYA: Only 1.6% of the more than 420,000 people screened for Covid-19 in the country have been confirmed to have the disease, says the Health Ministry

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the 424,306 individuals screened so far for the disease, 6,855 tested positive as of May 15.

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